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## PC-DMIS NC: Introduction

PC-DMIS NC (Numerical Control) is a specialized configuration of the PC-DMIS software that allows you to use NC machine tools to perform part measurements. These machine tools are also referred to as CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines. You can create PC-DMIS NC measurement routines in Offline mode and use them to generate an NC measurement routine.

PC-DMIS NCI (Numerical Control Interactive) provides an interactive version of PC-DMIS NC. It enables an interactive connection between the main PC-DMIS product and a machine tool similar to that used with a CMM controller. A note with a "PC-DMIS NCI" prefix in this documentation provides exceptions or information specific to PC-DMIS NCI.

To use NC tools to measure a part, you first need to fit your NC machine with a probing device and macros. You can then execute the generated measurement routine and return point measurements through a communications interface to the NC Gateway server application that is running on a computer. The NC Gateway server application activates PC-DMIS NC and tells it to execute a PC-DMIS measurement routine using the supplied data. You can use PC-DMIS reporting and statistics options for the measurement routine.

For information on the NC Gateway server application, consult the NC Gateway documentation that came with that application.

Hardware Configurations

Hardware | Configuration | Supported NC Versions
Fanuc | FOCAS over Ethernet | NC & NCi
FOCAS over HSSB | NC & NCi
Serial line | NC - not interactive
Shared file drop | NC - not interactive
Siemens | Requires HMI Advanced Option
Shared file drop | NC
TCP-IP | NCi
Haas | Serial line | NC - not interactive
Heidenhain | Feature Content Level 3 (FCL3) recommended for Controller
LSV2 protocol over Ethernet | NC
Okuma | Thinc Controllers OSP100 or later
Shared file drop | NC
Mazak | Fusion 640 or Matrix control
| Serial line | NC - not interactive
| Shared file drop | NC

This documentation discusses the following topics:

- Testing PC-DMIS NC

- PC-DMIS NC

- PC-DMIS NCI

- Temperature Compensation for NC and NCi Systems

- Working with CNC Edit Window Commands

- PC-DMIS NC Rotary Tables

- Working with PC-DMIS NC in Offline Mode

- Using PC-DMIS on a Siemens Lathe

If you come across something in the PC-DMIS software that isn't covered in this documentation, see the "PC-DMIS Core" documentation.

More:

Uses for PC-DMIS NC

Differences between PC-DMIS NC and PC-DMIS

PC-DMIS NCI Differences

Required Components for PC-DMIS NC

Files Used by PC-DMIS NC

Data Flow Chart for PC-DMIS NC

PC-DMIS NCI Components